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NUMMULITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nummulite mean?
• NUMMULITE (noun)
The noun NUMMULITE has 1 sense:
1. large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period
Familiarity information: NUMMULITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("nummulite" is a kind of...):
foram; foraminifer (marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude)
Holonyms ("nummulite" is a member of...):
family Nummulitidae; Nummulitidae (a family of fossil protoctists)
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